Farming on the Wild Side av Nancy J. Hayden, John P. Hayden

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<p><strong>One farm¿s decades-long journey into regenerative agriculture¿and how these methods enhance biodiversity, pollinators, and soil health</strong></p><p>Northern Vermont¿s Nancy and John Hayden have spent the last 25 years transforming their draft horse¿powered, organic vegetable and livestock operation into an agroecological, regenerative, biodiverse, organic fruit farm, fruit nursery, and pollinator sanctuary. In <em>Farming on the Wild Side</em> they explain the philosophical and scientific principles that influenced them as they phased out sheep and potatoes and embraced apples, pears, stone fruits, and a wide variety of uncommon berry crops; turned much of their property into a semi-wild state; and adapted their marketing and sales strategies to the new century. As the Haydens pursued their goals of enhancing biodiversity and regenerating their land, they incorporated agroforestry and permaculture principles into perennial fruit polycultures, a pollinator sanctuary, repurp